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San Diego 2010 New Years Tango Festival Schedule
Tentative Class Titles (Still Subject to change)
Update: Nov 30, 2009
| Class_Date | Class_Times | Teacher/Teachers | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/09 | 06:00-06:30 | Thursday | Check-in & Warmup |
| 12/31/09 | 06:30-07:45 | Thursday | Session 1 |
| Int/Adv | Homer & Christine | His and Her Pitter-Patter. Various techniques for playful interactions between leader and follower. | |
| 12/31/09 | 08:00-09:15 | Thursday | Session 2 |
| Int/Adv | Homer & Christine | Catch The Moon. Games designed to develop connection, musicality, & floorcraft. | |
| 01/01/10 | 11:00-12:00 | Friday | Check-in & Warmup |
| 01/01/10 | 12:00-01:15 | Friday | Session 3 |
| Advanced | Brigitta & Fabienne | Women's Technique: I create my dance | |
| Int/Adv | Jaimes & Christa | Single Axis Turns. Maximize your ability to use energy and dynamic without ever coming apart from each other. | |
| 01/01/10 | 01:45-03:00 | Friday | Session 4 |
| Advanced | Homer & Christine | The Embrace and Variations. Exploring transitions from various forward facing embrace concepts from close to open. | |
| Int/Adv | Brigitta & Fabienne | Subtle Ochos & Other Friends | |
| 01/02/10 | 11:00-12:00 | Saturday | Check-in & Warmup |
| 01/02/10 | 12:00-01:15 | Saturday | Session 5 |
| Teacher/Pro | Brigitta Winkler | Teacher Seminar I: Teaching Techniques & Insights | |
| Int/Adv | Fabienne Bongard | Embracing the Wabi-Sabi of Tango and Milonga | |
| Int/Adv | Jaimes & Christa | Essential Navigation. Festival/Buenos Aires dance floors FOR BOTH ROLES | |
| 01/02/10 | 01:45-03:00 | Saturday | Session 6 |
| Advanced | Homer & Christine | The Hard Side. Understanding why things are hard vs easy for the follower and/or leader. Follower's pivot technique for Ochos, Rebotas (switch-steps), Boleos, and Sacadas. | |
| Int/Adv | Brigitta & Fabienne | Tangofairytales. Classic patterns & their archetypes | |
| Int/Adv | Jaimes & Christa | The Milonguero Groove. Innate and consistant rhythms underlying the phrasing of our favorite tangos to lock into the Milonguero Groove. | |
| 01/03/10 | 12:00-12:30 | Sunday | Check-in & Warmup |
| 01/03/10 | 01:00-02:15 | Sunday | Session 7 |
| Teacher/Prof | Brigitta Winkler | Teacher Seminar II: Teaching Techniques & Insights (Pre-req: TS I) | |
| Int/Adv | Jaimes & Christa | Perpetual Turns in Tango & Vals | |
| Int/Adv | Fabienne Bongard | Milonga at any time in any space... And the imperfect life we live in | |
| 01/03/10 | 2:45-4:00 | Sunday | Session 8 |
| Advanced | Brigitta & Fabienne | Play with Enganches | |
| Int/Adv | Homer & Christine | Kiss Me Goodnight & Other Such Rhythmic Oddities. Playing with tango syncopa & other 'loosely based' rhythmic ideas using simple but interesting movements. | |
| Int/Adv | Jaimes & Christa | Corridas. An essential addition to the vocabulary of turns. |
Tango Festival Milongas
| Date | Day | Start - End | Location | DJ/Orchestra | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/09 | Thu | 09:30p - 01:00a | Kona Kai | America Mauhar | $20. Early Arrival Milonga |
| 01/01/10 | Fri | 03:15p - 06:30p | Kona Kai | Martin Rybczynski | $15 Welcome Milonga |
| 01/01/10 | Fri | 09:30p - 02:00a | Kona Kai | Mila Khoroosi | $20, Friday Night Milonga |
| 01/02/10 | Sat | 03:15p - 06:30p | Kona Kai | Varo Boyajyan | $15, Alternative Music Milonga |
| 01/02/10 | Sat | 09:00p - 02:00p | Kona Kai | Vijay Namasivayam | $20, Traditional, Elegant Milonga |
| 01/03/10 | Sun | 06:00p - 11:00p | Kona Kai | Lampis Zalavras | $20, Hardcore |
| 01/03/10 | Sun | 12:00p - 06:00a | Patty Well's Dancetime Center | Maziar Nezhad | $10, All Nighter |